The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
September 22, 2022
Two NYC Public Schools Built, Third Under Construction
summary
EW Howell Construction Group served as general contractor for two New York City public schools – PS 464 in Manhattan and the Tommie L. Agee Educational Campus at IS 419 in Flushing. The firm also celebrated the construction kickoff of a third, IS 322K in Brooklyn. The firm was awarded the contracts by the New York City School Construction Authority.
Client
Arden Group
Date
September 21, 2022
This Week's Philadelphia Deal Sheet
By Matthew Rothstein
summary
Silverstein Properties and Arden Group, the joint venture that owns 1735 Market St., have signed five leases totaling 75K SF. UBS Financial Services signed the largest of the five, taking 23K SF on a 10-year, 10-month lease to relocate from elsewhere in the building to the 44th floor. Capital One has also signed a nine-year, 22K SF lease to place an “innovation center” in the building, relocating some office functions from the suburbs.
Client
Hodges Ward Elliott
Date
September 20, 2022
HWE: NYC hotels continue recovery as travel surges
summary
Hodges Ward Elliott, a boutique real estate capital markets advisor, recently released major takeaways from its New York City Q2 2022 hospitality market report. As the U.S. continues to recover from the events of the last two years, New York City tourism is returning to pre-pandemic levels as both international and business travel to the area has surged over the past few months. In addition, the reopening of numerous hotels throughout the city, as well as the return of Broadway shows, has also stoked the market, which bodes well for the future health of the New York City hospitality sector.
Client
FirstService Residential
Date
September 15, 2022
Carbon Studies
By Alan Sidransky
summary
Kelly Dougherty, president of FirstService Energy, talks with The Cooperator about the importance of carbon studies for multifamily communities. A carbon study is similar to an energy audit, but instead of assessing a building’s entire energy profile to identify areas of inefficiency, carbon studies focus just on how a building or community uses fossil fuels.
Client
Marcus & Millichap
Date
September 15, 2022
Marcus & Millichap arrange construction financing for new multifamily housing project
summary
Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation arranged $61.8 million in construction financing for a five-story, 264-unit multifamily development at 375 Whitney Avenue in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Gary Sefcik, a director based out of the MMCC New York office, and Phillip Gause, first VP of capital markets in MMCC’s Denver office, secured the financing on behalf of a private real estate development company.
Client
Marcus & Millichap
Date
September 14, 2022
Marcus & Millichap Capital hires managing director for hospitality finance practice
summary
Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation has named Pete Fehlman as managing director. Fehlman will lead a Dallas-based hospitality finance practice. He will handle hospitality and resort debt as well as equity advisory transactions throughout North America on behalf of MMCC’s clients. Before joining the capital markets firm, Fehlman served as managing director at Atlanta-based Hodges Ward Elliott.
Client
RFR Realty
Date
September 14, 2022
Blue Owl Signs Park Avenue Office Lease in Manhattan Expansion
By Natalie Wong
summary
Blue Owl Capital Inc., a private equity shop, is expanding its offices in Manhattan with a lease at the Seagram Building. The firm is taking 137,660-SF of space in the tower at 375 Park Ave, the landmark tower where owner RFR has signed a total of 375,000 square feet of leases this year, including Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Sound Point Capital Management and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, which plans to use the space for Churchill Asset Management.
Client
Castle Lanterra Properties
Date
September 14, 2022
The Increased Interest in 55+ Communities
By Elie Rieder
summary
Elie Rieder, founder & CEO, Castle Lanterra, authors a thought leadership piece about the 55+ residential communities. The piece appeared in Multi-Housing News’s “Viewpoints” column.
Client
Kimmerle Group
Date
September 13, 2022
Retail Holding Firm SPARC’s Offices Blend Design and Showroom Needs
By Rebecca Baird-Remba
summary
How do you design an office for a company that has multiple clothing brands, and needs design and showroom space for all of them? George J. Kimmerle and William Kimmerle, AIA, NCARB of Kimmerle Group talked with Rebecca Baird-Remba of Commercial Observer for “The Plan” about the creation of a cohesive, 175,000-SF office space for SPARC Group LLC at 11 Penn Plaza.